Trowel.



No. 760.466. PATENTED MAY 24, 1904. H. G. MEYER.

TROWEL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 17. 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY G. MEYER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO E. O. ATKINS St COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A OORIORNION OF INDIANA.

TROWEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 760,466, dated May 24, 1904.

Application filed March 17, 19011.

1b (1J/Z whom, t may con/cern:

Beitknown thatI, HARRY Gr. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, risiding at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State oiE Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in .Irowels, of which the following is a speciiication.

lIt is highly desirable that that form of trowels used by workers in cement and plaster should be of the lightest possible construction and yet of considerable rigidity. Such trowels have commonly been made of a thin blade of steel with a rib extending along the upper side, to which the blade is riveted, and a single post extending up at right angles with the rib a suitable distance, then turned over into a position parallel therewith, this turned-over portion forming the talig upon which the wooden handle or grip of the trowel is mounted. On account o1c therequircment of cxtreme lightness it is the custom to make this post so small that it fre quently bends, especially in rough or careless usage. With a single post, too, the light thin blade and its also light rib are apt to spring or bend more or less, which is apt to result in loosening the rivets, and thus roughening the working face of the tool. A second post ot' any considerable size or weight will not be tolerated by the workmen on account oi' the requirement of lightness above referred to; but I have, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, designed a support at the rear of the handle, which is so thin and light as not to be subject to the objections stated and which still contributes materially to the rig'- idity and strength of the tool.

Figure l is a perspective view of a trowel embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a transverse sectional view just behind my secondary handle-support at the point indicated by the dotted line 2 2 in Fig. 3, and Fig. 3 a detail sectional view at the point indicated by the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Serial No. 198,548. (No model.)

Ihe blade 2l, the combined rib, post, and handle-tang 22, 23, and 24, and the handle or grip 25 are of substantially the usual and wellknown` construction. The blade 2l is riveted to the rib 22 by several rivets 26.

While the rib 22 is, as above stated, generally speaking, of the ordinary form or construction, it is peculiar in that at a point vertically below the rear end ot' the handle or grip it is undercut somewhat on its sides.

My improvement consists in providing the secondary post or handle-support 27. This is made oi' very thin light sheet-steel, and consequently is not objectionable in making the .tool heavier, as its weight is so trifling as to be negligible. Its lower end, as shown most plainly in Fig. 2, is formed with a notch which fits closely over the undercut rear end of the rib 26 and is thus engaged iirinly therewith by an interlocking formation. The upper end contains a perforation which lits over the extreme end of the tang carrying the handle or grip, and the end of said tang is riveted, so as to hold this part is place, which thus not only-serves as an auxiliary post or support, but also as the washer at the end oig the handle to receive the extreme end of the tang.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'Ihe combination, in a trowel, oiI the blade, the ordinary rib, post and handle-tang, the handle, and au auxiliary post or support secured to the rear end of the handle by connection with the tang and to the rib on the back of the blade by means of an interlocking formation of said parts.

In witness whereof` I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 14th day of March, A. I). 1904.

HARRY Gr. MEYER.

Witnesses CHESTER BRADFORD, JAMES A. WALSH. 

